The College News
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VOL. XXV, No. 8
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1938
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BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, 193�
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Growth of Nazi
Ideas Outlined
By Wiskemann
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National Socialism Existed
Before the Treaty
Of Versailles
GERMAN INFLUENCE
IN EAST DISCUSSED
Music Room, Goodhart, December 1.
�Elizabeth Wiskemann gave the
Mallory Whiting Webster history lec-
ture for the year on the subject:
National Socialism in Central Europe.
After stating her belief that national
socialism is not as much a product
of the Treaty of Versailles as is com-
monly thought, she described the de-
velopment of this ideology in Austria,
not Germany, throughout the 19th cen-
tury. Miss Wiskemann then discussed
the influence of national socialism in
the other middle European countries
at the present time.
"Hitler himself has contributed no
single fdea to national socialism," said
Miss Wiskemann. Emphasis on the
racial and linguistic unity of the Ger-
man people was laid in the nationalist
revival of the early 19th century.
The desire for individual freedom,
.which was dominant in many other
countries at this time, was largely ab-
sent from the German government.
' Bismarck's expulsion of Austria
from the empire in 1866 sets the
actual beginning of national socialism.
The Germans in Austria, exiled from
their national home, developed a
strong racial feeling, which was aug-
mented and made more definite by the
industrial developments of the time.
Anti-Semitism, and also anti-Slavism,
were added to their ideology because
the great Austrian entrepreneurs were
Jewish, and because Slavic laborers
were willing to work for less than the
Germans. *
These principles were first enumer-
ated in their present form by Schoe-
nerer, a deputy in the Austrian par-
liament. He also attacked the inter-
national^ of the Hapsburg dynasty
and res/ited the power of the Roman
CatholiJsfhurch. Since the Germans
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Players Club to Give
'Arms and the Man9
On Saturday night, December 10,
the Players Club will present Arms
and the Man, by George Berna
Shaw. Masculine parts will be taken
by members of the Cap land Bells Club,
of Haverford. The phvy is a farce
laid in Bulgaria in the "eighties,"
amid the joyous atmosphere of mili-
tary heroes and romantic girls. In-
trigues, officers in splendid uniforms
and bizarre Bulgarian wallpaper also
contribute their share to the general
effect.
Various problems have confronted
the property manager, Olivia Kahn,
'41, who has had great difficulty in
securing such articjes as a Turkish
coffee pot, a hookah, and pistols. One
property problem was solved when
�n undergraduate, entering the Kings'
house for a conference on Contempor-
ary Verse, spied two pistols in the
hall.
The scenery manager, Margaret
Bell, '39, had to design sets which
-would be a mixture of cheap Bulgar-
ian and Viennese, expressed, in one
set, through violent shades of peacock
and purple. We also understand that
she had to build a Nuremberg stove
in the old tradition.
Gertrude Leighton, '38, is directing,
assisted by Fifi Garbat, '41. The cast
is as follows:
Raina Petkoff......Sarah Meigs, '39
Catherine Petkoff .Eleanor Emery, '40
Louka............Phyllis Wright, '41
Bluntschli.......Gove Hambidge, '42
Sergius........Wilfred Simmons, '41
Major Petkoff.......Lowell King, '42
Nicola...........Malcolm Smith, '41
Officer...........Maurice Orton, '41
Jades of Ancient China
Discussed byDr.Salmony
Lecture Describes Development
Of Earlier Primitive Forms
Into True Naturalism
The Deanery, Nov. SO.�In his sec-
ond lecture, Dr. Alfred Salomy dis-
cussed the jades of ancient China.
Their historical and artistic develop-
ment parallels that of the bronzes he
described in his earlier lecture.
Almost the only way of discovering
the style, symbolism and periods of
antique jades, he emphasized, is by
the comparison of inscriptions and
dated material from excavations.
Dated material is very rare, since
very few pieces have clearly defined
origins. Much collecting has been
done because of purely literary and
artistic enthusiasm.
The earliest pieces belong to neo-
lithic times and show the childish and
stammering naturalism common to all
primitive peoples. Later, during the
Chang period (1400-1100 B.C.), this
naturalism is organized and acquires
a more formalistic character. The
period was not essentially opposed to
nature, but its art was religious, ex-
pressing a complicated ritual of fe-
cundity and fertility. The objects
were so crowded with magic symbols
that naturalism was impossible.
After 1100, during the period of
early Western Chou dominance, the
elaborate Chang ritual Jost signifi-
cance, and as a result the jade de-
signs became more realistic, with
fewer complications and magical pat-
terns. In the period of unrest and
sub-division after 960, art became
still more impoverished and less so-
phisticated. Features were simplified.
Pattern consisted largely of meanders
without significance. Most of the
complicated.symbolism was gone: only
the elementary forms of the tiger, bird
and demon were left. The bird repre-
sented light and the tiger darkness,
cosmological forces grouped about the
demon. All were standardized, with
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Dean Believes America
Is Safe From Fascism
Race Consciousness is of Less
Significance Over Here
Music Room, November 1.�In com1
menting on fascism in America, Dean
Manning . was confident that the
fascist tendencies in this country
would never be a serious menace.
The chief causes of the growth of
fascism are the feaf of Communism
the cultivation of race hatred.
FasflK movements such as the Ku
Kl?x Klan and the form of Commu-
nism manifested in the Cleveland sit-
down strike, have their place in
America. Such highly organized
movements as these are dangerous,
but will never attain importance as
they can only touch upon the griev-
ances of a very limited section of the
country. They are defeated because
of having only local and not national
significance.
America mote than any other coun-
try, has had to deal with the problems
connected with a population of mixed
races, yet America has the least race
consciousness. The intense racial con-
flict in Europe is due to the constant
fear of the domination of some other
race.
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COLLEGE CALENDAR
Thtirsday, December 8.�Art
Club exhibition and tea. Com-
mon Room, 4.30. William Dun-
can Strong will speak on Early
Man in the New World. Dean-
ery, 8.30.
Friday, December 9. � Dress
rehearsal for Arms and the
Man. Goodhart, 8.30. Peace
Council Spain and China Party
and Faculty-Student Skit. Gym-
nasium, 8.30. �
Saturday, December 10.�Tea
Dance. Rhoads, 4.30. Arms
and the Man. Goodhart, 8.30.
Dance in the gymnasium till 2
a. m.
Sunday, December 11.�
Christmas Service. Goodhart,
7.45.
- Monday, December 12.�Ruth
Draper. Goodhart, 8.30.
Tuesday, December IS.�Phil-
osophy Club meeting. Common
Room, 4.30. Current Events.
Miss de Laguna will speak on
The Federal Government's In-
dian Policy. Common Room,
7.30. German Club Play. Com-
mon Room, 8.30. Maids' carol
singing, 9 p. m.
Wednesday, December 14.�
International Club me e t i n g.
Common Room, 7.30.
Friday, December 16.�Vaca-
tion begins, 12.45.
Marriage Council Holds
Philadelphia Session
Possibility of Giving Marriage
Courses in More Colleges
Is Discussed
The First Conference of the Phila-
delphia Marriage Council was held on
November 16, in Philadelphia. This
meeting is of particular interest to
Bryn Mawr since the question of a
marriage course to be given here has
lately come up before the curriculum
committee. The latter feels that be-
fore anything definite can be done,
campus opinion as to the desirability
of such a course and the field it should
cover must be expressed. The class
in statistics may attempt to get this
information through questionnaires of
some sort or other.
The morning session of the Mar-
riage Council's meeting consisted of
various speeches on the work done in
Philadelphia through courts, schools,
radio, etc., on the topic of prepara-
tion for marriage. In the afternoon
there were four sessions by the Youth,
Educational (for which Dr. Leary
spoke), Medical and Religious groups.
In the Educational Group discussion
six aspects of a marriage course were
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INDUSTRIAL GROUP
HEARS ABOUT C. I. O.
Paul Hazard Speaks
On ^French Authors
Visiting Professor Discusses La
Fontaine and Giraudoux
And Their Works
Goodhart, December 5.�In intro-
ducing his lecture, M. Paul Hazard,
of the College -de France, announcN^j
that he would follow a simple plan:
Jean de La Fontaine�et Jean Girau-
doux�et Jean de La Fontaine et Jean
Giraudoux.
Jean de La Fontaine is above all
a familiar poet: children first learn
his fables by heart, then analyze them
at school, only to fully appreciate
their wisdom when they reread them
later on. As a poet he is fresh, wise
and colorful, presenting all aspects of
humanity in simple, pleasant scenes.
In much the same way his whole life
appears as a series of agreeable pic-
tures.
A Frenchman hi the purest sense,
he was born of a bourgeois, farming
family at Chateau-Thierry. Legends
attesting absent-mindedness immedi-
ately began to grow up about him. As
a young man he became attached to
the household of Fouquet, an inter-
esting position at a time when Seven-
teenth century France was beginning
to form itself. He is perhaps most
likable of all as an old man, wise,
philosophic, but not without regrets.
Jean Giraudoux has the appearance
and vitality of a tall, lanky adolescent.
He has had a varied career, giving
up professorial ambitions after at-
tempting an agregation in German
to go into the foreign service where
he held numerous positions. His first
book, Arnica America, came out in
1909; a novel Suzanne et le Pacifique
appeared shortly after the war. A
still greater success in the theatre
followed with Siegfries et le Limousin
Amphitryon and La Guerre de Troif
r.'aura pas Lieu. His last play, Can-
tiques des Cantiques, was recently pro-
duced by the Comedie Francaise.'
Giraudoux likes to play with words,
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College Hears
Kreisler Play
In Goodhart
Varied Program Comprises
Both Classical and
Modern Works
PLAYING COMBINES
FEELING AND TONE
All-Star Faculty Cast
To Present Our Village
Bruegel Exhibition
The Art Club, in copnection
with the History of Art Depart-
ment, .will present an exhibition
of reproductions of the work of
Peter Bruegel, December 11, at
4 p. m. in the Common Room.
Louise Thompson, '39, will
speak. Tea will be served and
it is hoped that students will
bring guests wno might be in-
terested. This exhibition is the
first in a series of prints and
originals which will be pre-
sented throughout the year. -
girls. Miss Mildred FaircbiljLjof the ( If Our Village shows signs of pall-
German House, December 2.�At its
second meeting this year, the Indus-
trial Group discussed and compared
the C. I. O. and the A. F. of L. There
were no formal speakers, but the
large number of students present kept
the discussion up both by asking ques-
tions and by contributing information.
Owing to conflicts with union meet-
ings, fewer industrial girls were
present than usual.
The discussion centered around
three topics: the history of the C. I.
O. and why and how it separated from
the A. F. of L., the differences be-
tween the two and the possibilities of
uniting.
The meeting was notable for its
lack of bias and violent argument,
and for the amount of information
given by both students and industrial
social economy department, answered
questions and joined in the discussion,
as did Beatrice Sachs; '41, and Helen
Resor, '42, who had been asked to
look up material on the A. F. of L.,
and Emily Cheney, '40, who had been
asked to study the C. I. O.
The next meeting will be held
Jfcw^ry 6, on the subject of the
French labor situation.
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Wilder's Play Furnishes Basis
Bryn Mawr Parody
for
The main feature of the Peace
Chest Party on Friday night will be
Our Village, or, more intimately,
Your Campus. It has borrowed a few
obvious characteristics from Mr.
Wilder's well-known play: a modicum
of scenery, a Ne*w England Stage
Manager (Barbara Bigelow, '39), and
two ladders. Otherwise it is indebted
to Bryn Mawr, which supplies inex-
haustible material for light-hearted
satire. \
The cast of Ouf Village is studded
with faculty luminaries. Mrs. Man-
ning plays the part of Mrs. Manning,
Mrs. Chadwick-Collins of Mrs. Chad-
wick-Collins. Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Lat-
timore, Mr. Patterson, Mr. Watson,
Mr. Weiss, Miss Cary, Miss Hender-
son, Miss Terrien and Mrs. Woodrow
ail play themselves. The exception
who proves the rule is Miss Linn, in
the role of Miss Frances Perkins.
The skjt has such a slight plot that
it would be useless to describe it. It
adheres mildly to Mr. Wilder's central
boy-meets-girl theme, but this never
threatens for a moment to run away
with it. On the other hand, it is full
of social significance and is bolstered
up by numerous songs and a dance,
in which the whole cast takes part.
One of the songs will be sung by Mrs.
Manning and Mr. Crenshaw, whose
vocal talents are said to have brought
down many houses.
Goodhart, December 1.�The col-
lege was privileged last Thursday
evening to hear Fritz Kreisler, most
beloved and, in the opinion of many,
the greatest violinist of our time, in
a program for the benefit of the Tar-
sus dig. He was greeted with an en-
thusiasm rarely heard here, and nois-
ily applauded after each number, par-
ticularly by the balcony. He asked
afterwards who was up there, and said
simply, learning it was students: "I
played to them." � Goodhart, he
thought, was the most beautiful place
in which he had ever appeared. Mu-
tual enthusiasm of audience and per-
former led to the addition of four en-
cores to an already generous program
of classical and modern compositions
for violin and piano.
He played first the well-known Dev-
il's Trill, which Tartini wrote some
two hundred years ago, supposedly in
recollection of a dream in which the
devil played to him. The opening sec-
tion was wonderfully full and even in
tone, but the violin part grew more
and more virtuosic, demanding trills
and double stops in such profusion
that it seemed there must be more .
than one instrument there. The Bach
Chaconne for violin alone gave Mr.
Kreisler an opportunity to prove his
famed musicianship. Through all the
complicated embroidery he kept the
theme clearly defined and never let its
dignity become secondary to technical
considerations. Depth of feeling and
beauty of tone in legato and staccato
alike made this rendering memorable.
The next selection, Viotti's twenty-
second Concerto, is seldom played and
cannot be called one of the great com-
positions for violin. It seems to be
uncommonly well suited to the instru-
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ing, the members of its cast will make
allowances for anyone who would
rather look at the drawings by Span-
ish children or consume cider and
doughnuts in the gymnasium anti-
chamber. Officially, both will be avail-
able after the main performance. Any
intermissions in Our Village will be
unintentional and will not call for a
general exodus.
Ruth Draper to Make
Goodhart Appearance
On Monday, December 12, Ruth
Draper will give a performance in
Goodhart for the first time. Miss
Draper's reputation as a diseuse out-
ranks that*rjf any other artist in her
field. She has appeared abroad in-
numerable times, and her monologues
are a great - success in all countries,
although the majority of them are in
English. Occasionally she gives mono-
logues in a kind of gibberish intended
to give the effect of a strange lan-
guage, but not intended to mean any-
thing literally. It seems that once a
foreigner in the audience reproved her
after such a performance, intimating
that her language was definitely off
color. Last year she made a tour of
India, Australia and New Zealand,
where she was enormously appre-
ciated.
Miss Draper's exact program for
Monday night is not yet known, but
it will doubtless contain examples of
the various types of monologue in
which she excels. " In these she is
sometimes one person, as in the mono-
logue where she characterizes a Maine
woman; sometimes as many as three,
as in the "Three Generations," where
she represents a grandmother, mother �
and daughter in a Court of Family
Relations, and shifts her identity with
a shawl. The atmosphere that Miss
Draper creates varies from the intense
drama of "Three Generations" through
calmer true-to-life studies, as the one
where she compares three married
couples of different ages at breakfast
Throughout, them all her pantomime
is so vivid that she makes imaginary
scenes and props almost visible to the
audience.